Movie Description

The Skin of Our Teeth

(1983)

Overview

Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).

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Original TitleThe Skin of Our Teeth

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1983-01-18

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 53m

Production CompaniesLimelight International,Old Globe Theater,The WNET Group,Broadway Theatre Archive